The exterior of the Center Block Building in Gateway Park which was the location of the first Minneapolis Young Men's Christian Association rooms as of 1866.
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University of Minnesota Libraries, Kautz Family YMCA Archives
Market House building (also known as Gale's Corners")on the corner of Hennepin Avenue and First Street North, was occupied by the Minneapolis Young Men's Christian Association from 1877 to 1887.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Kautz Family YMCA Archives
The photograph was taken from the corner of 6th Street and Nicollet Avenue, looking down Nicollet Avenue. The tower at left in the distance is at 4th and Nicollet. The Syndicate Block building was the home of the Minneapolis Young Men's Christian Association from 1883 to 1892. The move to this building was taken in order that the YMCA keep in step with the general movement of business and activity 'uptown.' The Old Market Hall location was maintained by the Y. M. C. A. as the Bridge Square Branch with primary emphasis on religious evangelism directed towards transients.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Kautz Family YMCA Archives
Interior of the Minneapolis Young Men's Christian Association Central Branch at 10th Street and Mary Place, showing a dormitory room with a bed, dresser, and rocking chair. Young Men from the rural areas, out of town or from foreign countries always found a welcome smile and a clean place to sleep at the YMCA.
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University of Minnesota Libraries, Kautz Family YMCA Archives
Young Asian men from a Young Men's Christian Association English class for immigrants, sitting and standing on the steps of the Minneapolis Central Branch Y. M. C. A. building located at 10th Street and Mary Place.
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University of Minnesota Libraries, Kautz Family YMCA Archives
Interior of the Minneapolis Young Men's Christian Association Central Branch building at 10th Street and Mary Place, showing men reading and singing around a piano in the lounge area.
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University of Minnesota Libraries, Kautz Family YMCA Archives
Interior of the Minneapolis Young Men's Christian Association Central Branch building on 10th Street and Mary Place, erected 1892, showing the stairway in the lobby.
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University of Minnesota Libraries, Kautz Family YMCA Archives
Interior of the Minneapolis Young Men's Christian Association Central Branch, located at 10th Street and Mary Place, showing members dining in the restaurant and a woman working behind the counter. Gas lights and home cooked meals for 25 cents were features of the Y. M. C. A.'s restaurant in the Mary Place building, 1890s.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Kautz Family YMCA Archives
Eight members of the Minneapolis Young Men's Christian Association's English class for Chinese speakers, seated on the steps in front of the Y. M. C. A. building, some holding books. Immigrants and persons from rural areas with limited education were the majority of students in these Y. M. C. A. classes.
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University of Minnesota Libraries, Kautz Family YMCA Archives
Young men seated at desks in an English class at the Minneapolis Young Men's Christian Association. An instructor stands before them with a book in hand.
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University of Minnesota Libraries, Kautz Family YMCA Archives
Minneapolis Y. M. C. A. classroom showing boys at desks and doing sums at blackboards. The Young Men's Christian Association began just prior to 1900 to conduct night school programs, work-and-study plans so young people can better themselves through education.
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University of Minnesota Libraries, Kautz Family YMCA Archives
A large group or railroad workers, participating in Minneapolis Young Men's Christian Association gospel meetings. The group is assembled in the courtyard of a brick building. The man in the center front is holding a large wrench. Many YMCAs were started as railroad Y. M. C. As in the 1870s and 80s.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Kautz Family YMCA Archives
Men playing baseball as others watch from the sidelines, factories in the background. Minneapolis Young Men's Christian Association recreational program for industrial workers. Y. M. C. A. sponosred recreations program took place in the early 1900s.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Kautz Family YMCA Archives
Minneapolis Young Men's Christian Association Central Branch, at 10th Street and Mary Place. The photograph was taken looking northwest along 10th Street. The building was occupied by the Y. M. C. A. from 1892 to 1919.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Kautz Family YMCA Archives
Exterior of the Minneapolis Young Men's Christian Association Boys Division building, located behind the main Y. M. C. A. building at 10th Street and Mary Place.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Kautz Family YMCA Archives